My Ex Never Let Me See My Daughter, but I Still Sent Her Gifts Every Birthday, until Her Letter Broke Me: `Why Would You Forget Me, Mom?` — Story of the Day
She was turning thirteen. Another birthday without me there. Again. So I did the only thing I could do—I sent a box. Another gift, one more piece of me she might never get to see. I told myself I was doing my best, but deep down, I knew it wasn’t enough. Until the day a letter showed up on my porch. On the front, in shaky, uneven handwriting, were the words that nearly broke me: “Why did you forget me, Mom?” I had spent hours wrapping her birthday gift. A